The Concubine of Shanghai
Autor Hong Yingen Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 ian 2011
Master Chang is the boss of the fearsome Shanghai Triad and he always gets what he wants. Despite her unbound feet and breasts, Cassia swiftly becomes Chang's favourite mistress. He showers her with luxuries as he embarks on her sexual awakening.
But Chang's world is violent and precarious, and those such as Cassia who depend on him are bound to his fate . . .
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241950678
ISBN-10: 0241950678
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241950678
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Hong
Ying
was
born
into
a
sailor's
family
in
Chongqing
on
the
Yangtze
River
in
Southwest
China.
An
author
and
poet,
she
began
her
career
as
a
full-time
writer
in
the
early
1980s
having
studied
creative
writing
at
Lu
Xun
Creative
Writing
Academy
and
Fudan
University.
She is best known in the English-speaking world for her novels:K: The Art of Love(which won the Prix de Rome in 2005),The Concubine of Shanghai,Peacock CriesandSummer of Betrayal. Her autobiography,Daughter of the River, has been translated into twenty-nine languages and many of her works have been turned into television series and films. Her latest memoir,Good Children of the Flowers, a sequel toDaughter of the River, wonAsia Weekly's Top Ten Books of the Year Award 2009. She lives in Beijing with her husband and daughter.
She is best known in the English-speaking world for her novels:K: The Art of Love(which won the Prix de Rome in 2005),The Concubine of Shanghai,Peacock CriesandSummer of Betrayal. Her autobiography,Daughter of the River, has been translated into twenty-nine languages and many of her works have been turned into television series and films. Her latest memoir,Good Children of the Flowers, a sequel toDaughter of the River, wonAsia Weekly's Top Ten Books of the Year Award 2009. She lives in Beijing with her husband and daughter.
Recenzii
A
brilliant
and
sensitive
writer
A fascinating, full-blooded yarn which has the reader rooting for its heroine, a kind of Chinese Moll Flanders, every inch of the way
A beautiful and gripping writer
A fascinating, full-blooded yarn which has the reader rooting for its heroine, a kind of Chinese Moll Flanders, every inch of the way
A beautiful and gripping writer